Dancing on the shoreline
Reflecting on a time line
This life line brings me here
Overcome by joy and drenched in tears
Stepping over flotsam
And skipping past the jetsam
Dwelling on the future
While ravaged by the past
Lulled by rolling surf
To anaesthetise the roar
Sun plays on my face
To soothe and to restore
The crunch and rumble
Slip and stumble
We fall, we rise, we falter, we shine
While dancing on the shoreline
20th July 2022
Today was not my unbirthday But still I think I’ll have tea I’ll ponder the number of years Which amass to greater than three I’ll sit and I’ll slowly remember The memories I didn’t forget And here in
I’ve been looking under rocks Scraping barrels, watching clocks I’ve been been slouching In dark corners While withering my stock What felt like thirteen lifetimes Passed right through my very veins W
It’s not about gender It’s not about class It’s not about sexual orientation It’s not about nationality It’s not about creed It’s not about the level of education It’s not about circumstance It’s not